Mister X by John Lutz

Mister X by John Lutz

Fear Leaves A Mark

He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped--no one knows why. Ex-homicide detective Frank Quinn remembers. Which is why he's shocked to see one of the dead women in his office. Actually, she's the identical twin of the last victim, and she wants Quinn to find her sister's murderer. But when the cold case heats up, it attracts the media spotlight--and suddenly the killings start again. . .

A Heart-Pounding Roller Coaster Of A Tale.--Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims

Lutz Is Among The Best.--San Diego Union

Lutz Is In Rare Form.--The New York Times Book Review on Chill of Night

Lutz knows how to make you shiver.--Harlan Coben

John Lutz's work includes political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, police procedural, espionage, historical, futuristic, amateur detective, thriller; virtually every mystery sub-genre. He is the author of more than forty novels and over 200 short stories and articles. His novels and short fiction have been translated into almost every language and adapted for almost every medium. He is a past president of both Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. Among his awards are the MWA Edgar, the PWA Shamus, the Trophee 813 Award for best mystery short story collection translated into the French language, the PWA Life Achievement Award, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of two private eye series, the Alo Nudger series, set in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Carver series, set in Florida, as well as many non-series novels. The two series have garnered their share of awards. Both What You Don't Know Can Hurt You won a Shamus for Best Private Eye Short Story and Ride the Lightning nabbed an Edgar for Best Short Story in 1985. His novel SWF SEEKS SAME was made into the hit movie SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and his novel THE EX was made into the HBO original movie of the same title, for which he co-authored the screenplay. When Lutz isn't writing, he's reading, following baseball, dining out with friends, or going to movies or plays. Lutz and his wife, Barbara, split their time between St. Louis and Sarasota, Florida. His latest book is the suspense novel Mister X. Praise for John Lutz Lutz's plotting here has a stark, unusual, genuinely disturbing curve to it-making this another Nudgeresque blend of strong action, lean atmosphere, and downbeat personality. -Kirkus (Dancer's Debt) ...[Lutz] deserves high marks for another intriguing glimpse into the unusual world of Alo Nudger, a uniquely warm and thoroughly disheveled detective. -Booklist (Dancer's Debt) Lutz's economy of language and well-timed suspense work very well in this tale... A taut mystery recommended for all active collections. -Booklist (Ride the Lightning) Lutz does an excellent job here... keeping the story complicated and varied but never losing the reader in red herrings or distracting minutiae. -Publishers Weekly (Nightlines)

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ISBN 13	9780786020263
ISBN 10	0786020261
Title	Mister X
Author	John Lutz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kensington Publishing
Year published	2010-10-01
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Short-listed for Shamus Award (Paperback Original) 2011
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